• (n.) Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally.
Poyn'tel noun [ See Pointal .] (Architecture) Paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. [ Formerly written pointal .]
In architecture poyntel is paving or flooring made of small squares or lozenges set diagonally. The name probably applies in strictness only to tile-paving,